Bassist Karin Axelsson of Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE is pregnant with her first child. According to Karin, the baby is due the first week of October. She says, “Please welcome the next generation Axelsson.”
After an almost year-long hiatus, SONIC SYNDICATE will co-headline the Vekeri Fesztival, set to take place June 21-23 in Hungary. Also scheduled to appear are AMORPHIS, NORTHER, ELUVEITIE and many other acts.
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THE UNGUIDED — the new project featuring former SONIC SYNDICATE members Richard Sjunnesson (vocals) and Roland Johansson (vocals), along with current SONIC SYNDICATE guitarist (and Richard‘s brother) Roger Sjunnesson — will release its debut album, “Hell Frost”, on November 30 via Despotz Records.
Commented the band: “[‘Hell Frost’] will indeed bring you on a lot of different adventures. Some paths are possibly common ground for both of us. But we can also guarantee that this album will bring you to places where none of us have ventured together before. This is the proudest moment in our career as we are about to release what we consider the best effort we’ve done up to date. For whatever past endeavors we accomplished and for whatever future victories we shall have, it’s with a lot of honor and pride in our hearts we now give to you [‘Hell Frost’].”
“Hell Frost” track listing:
01. Inherit The Earth
02. Phoenix Down
03. Betrayer Of The Code
04. My Own Death
05. Serenade Of Guilt
06. Collapse My Dream
07. Green Eyed Demon
08. Iceheart Fragment
09. Pathfinder
10. Where The Frost Rose Withers
11. The Miracle Of Mind (bonus song, only available on jakebox CD)
Fan-filmed video footage of THE UNGUIDED ‘s performance at this year’s edition of the Getaway Rock festival, which was held July 7-9, 2011 in Gävle, Sweden, can be seen below.
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Swedish/British modern rock/metal band SONIC SYNDICATE will take part in next year’s “Extreme Freestylers” motocross tour. The trek will feature international motocross stars like Mike Mason, Nate Adams, Heath Frisby and Adam Jones showing amazing stunts and tricks in arenas across Europe. The tour will included performances by several bands, including SONIC SYNDICATE.
The first dates for the “Extreme Freestylers” motocross tour featuring SONIC SYNDICATE:
May 07 – Warsaw, Poland
May 21 – Arnhem, Netherlands
Jun. 04 – South, France
Jun. 11 – Paris, France
Jun. 18 – Prague, Czech Republic
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE have been confirmed for next year’s installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
ARCH ENEMY, BOLT THROWER, CALIBAN, CORVUS CORAX, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, FARMER BOYS, HAIL OF BULLETS, HAYSEED DIXIE, J.B.O., KALMAH, KAMPFAR, KVELERTAK, MARDUK, PRIMORDIAL, SALTATIO, MORTIS, SKELETONWITCH, SONIC SYNDICATE, TARJA TURUNEN, THE HAUNTED, TURISAS, TÝR, VOMITORY, WITCHERY
Tickets can be purchased for 72 euros (excluding pre-sale fees, including parking/camping) at Silverdust-Shop.de. The first 10,000 tickets get a free DVD with live footage and impressions from the 2009 edition of the festival.
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Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE performing on November 30, 2010 at the Academy in Newcastle, England can be viewed below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Rocktime conducted a short interview with bassist Karin Axelsson of the Swedish/British modern metallers Sonic Syndicate when the band played at Exit Chmelnice in Prague, Czech Republic on November 18, 2011. The four-minute clip, which includes performance footage, can be viewed below.
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